Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 77 61
Rank change year-on-year -46 -16 -12
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,386 1,547 3,675
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.60% 3.72% 3.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 4.00% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 934 1,071 2,793
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +15.38% -16.13%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -6.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 65,329 38,670 81,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.37% 92.92% 85.97%
Number of salaries quoted 40,301 22,594 59,579
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.51%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.41%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -32 1,261 £77,500 +3.33% 528
London +5 684 £87,500 +2.94% 235
Work from Home -24 615 £70,000 -2.78% 299
UK excluding London -112 584 £67,500 -3.57% 351
North of England -36 267 £69,310 -3.72% 111
South East -109 126 £75,000 +11.11% 111
North West -32 123 £70,000 -3.45% 69
Yorkshire -51 101 £69,310 -3.72% 21
Midlands -69 58 £67,500 +3.85% 32
South West -83 56 £62,500 -8.79% 48
North East -2 43 £65,000 +23.81% 21
East of England -33 39 £62,500 +8.70% 25
West Midlands -42 35 £72,500 +3.57% 10
Scotland -80 31 £60,000 -20.00% 15
East Midlands -65 22 £67,000 +3.08% 22
Wales -27 10 £54,185 -8.93% 8
Northern Ireland -40 6 £62,500 +13.64% 4
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.24%) Apache Spark
2 19 (1.37%) Apache
3 18 (1.30%) Confluence
4 17 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (1.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 14 (1.01%) JBoss
7 12 (0.87%) IIS
7 12 (0.87%) OpenStack
8 10 (0.72%) WebSphere
9 9 (0.65%) CMS
10 5 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.29%) Appian
11 4 (0.29%) Camunda
11 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.29%) nginx
12 3 (0.22%) Liferay
12 3 (0.22%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.14%) SharePoint
14 1 (0.072%) CICS
Applications
1 13 (0.94%) MS Visio
2 11 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.51%) Maya
4 6 (0.43%) PlantUML
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.14%) Endur
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.14%) Shopify
6 1 (0.072%) Actimize
6 1 (0.072%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.072%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.072%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.072%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.072%) Quorum
6 1 (0.072%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.072%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.072%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.072%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 763 (55.05%) AWS
2 571 (41.20%) Azure
3 315 (22.73%) GCP
4 243 (17.53%) Serverless
5 165 (11.90%) SaaS
6 119 (8.59%) AWS Lambda
6 119 (8.59%) GitHub
7 109 (7.86%) Amazon S3
8 106 (7.65%) Azure DevOps
9 99 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
10 78 (5.63%) AWS CloudFormation
11 73 (5.27%) Amazon SQS
12 69 (4.98%) Amazon ECS
13 56 (4.04%) Amazon EC2
14 53 (3.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 48 (3.46%) OpenShift
16 47 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
17 43 (3.10%) Azure Service Bus
18 40 (2.89%) Datadog
18 40 (2.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.68%) Broadband
2 12 (0.87%) HTTP
2 12 (0.87%) Network Security
3 9 (0.65%) AMQP
4 8 (0.58%) DNS
5 7 (0.51%) Firewall
5 7 (0.51%) Internet
6 6 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (0.36%) DHCP
7 5 (0.36%) MQTT
8 4 (0.29%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.29%) LTE
8 4 (0.29%) SNMP
8 4 (0.29%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.29%) WAN
9 3 (0.22%) Modbus
9 3 (0.22%) Multicast
10 2 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
10 2 (0.14%) RFID
10 2 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (13.64%) NoSQL
2 173 (12.48%) PostgreSQL
3 122 (8.80%) MongoDB
4 108 (7.79%) SQL Server
5 70 (5.05%) MySQL
6 67 (4.83%) DynamoDB
7 63 (4.55%) Relational Database
8 48 (3.46%) Elasticsearch
9 40 (2.89%) Redis
10 37 (2.67%) Amazon RDS
11 36 (2.60%) BigQuery
12 30 (2.16%) Big Data
13 22 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
13 22 (1.59%) RDBMS
14 15 (1.08%) Pinecone
15 14 (1.01%) Power BI
16 12 (0.87%) DB2
17 11 (0.79%) Data Lake
18 9 (0.65%) Tableau
19 8 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 187 (13.49%) Git
2 128 (9.24%) Jenkins
3 96 (6.93%) GitLab
4 59 (4.26%) TeamCity
5 49 (3.54%) JIRA
6 40 (2.89%) Cucumber
7 33 (2.38%) JUnit
8 31 (2.24%) Cypress.io
9 30 (2.16%) CircleCI
10 28 (2.02%) Selenium
11 20 (1.44%) Bitbucket
12 18 (1.30%) Maven
13 17 (1.23%) Mockito
14 14 (1.01%) Claude Code
14 14 (1.01%) SonarQube
15 13 (0.94%) Vite
16 10 (0.72%) JMeter
17 9 (0.65%) Postman
18 8 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
18 8 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 411 (29.65%) Finance
2 353 (25.47%) Social Skills
3 166 (11.98%) Banking
4 107 (7.72%) Public Sector
5 106 (7.65%) Law
6 89 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
7 85 (6.13%) Retail
8 77 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 57 (4.11%) Financial Institution
10 53 (3.82%) Telecoms
11 48 (3.46%) Back Office
12 26 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.37%) Billing
13 19 (1.37%) Legal
14 18 (1.30%) Advertising
15 15 (1.08%) Games
16 14 (1.01%) Marketing
16 14 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (0.87%) Aerospace
18 11 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 466 (33.62%) Developer
2 364 (26.26%) Senior
3 289 (20.85%) Software Engineer
4 217 (15.66%) Architect
5 183 (13.20%) Lead
6 114 (8.23%) Full-Stack Developer
7 113 (8.15%) Senior Developer
8 106 (7.65%) Java Developer
9 99 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
10 98 (7.07%) Senior Software Engineer
11 94 (6.78%) Java Engineer
12 72 (5.19%) .NET Developer
13 62 (4.47%) Software Developer
14 53 (3.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 50 (3.61%) Lead Developer
16 48 (3.46%) Java Software Engineer
17 43 (3.10%) Principal Engineer
18 42 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
19 41 (2.96%) C# Developer
20 39 (2.81%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 312 (22.51%) React
2 291 (21.00%) .NET
3 282 (20.35%) RESTful
4 223 (16.09%) Spring
5 213 (15.37%) REST
6 210 (15.15%) Node.js
7 194 (14.00%) Spring Boot
8 175 (12.63%) Kafka
9 110 (7.94%) AngularJS
10 93 (6.71%) gRPC
11 82 (5.92%) .NET Core
12 79 (5.70%) HTML
13 70 (5.05%) CSS
14 66 (4.76%) RabbitMQ
15 64 (4.62%) .NET Framework
16 58 (4.18%) Middleware
16 58 (4.18%) Vue
17 57 (4.11%) ASP.NET
18 53 (3.82%) OAuth
19 51 (3.68%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 408 (29.44%) Cloud Native
2 245 (17.68%) Distributed Systems
3 108 (7.79%) Product Ownership
4 90 (6.49%) Enterprise Software
5 59 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
6 58 (4.18%) Legacy Systems
7 45 (3.25%) Over-the-Top Content
7 45 (3.25%) Video\Live Streaming
8 40 (2.89%) Data Structures
9 37 (2.67%) Algorithms
10 31 (2.24%) Distributed Architecture
11 28 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
12 25 (1.80%) Mobile App
13 24 (1.73%) Virtual Team
14 23 (1.66%) Blockchain
15 20 (1.44%) AI Agents
16 18 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
17 16 (1.15%) Management Information System
18 15 (1.08%) IoT
18 15 (1.08%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 67 (4.83%) Linux
2 30 (2.16%) Windows
3 16 (1.15%) Android
4 11 (0.79%) Unix
5 7 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.43%) CentOS
6 6 (0.43%) Debian
6 6 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.072%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.072%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 676 (48.77%) CI/CD
2 548 (39.54%) Agile
3 543 (39.18%) DevOps
4 536 (38.67%) Software Engineering
5 391 (28.21%) Containerisation
6 313 (22.58%) Full-Stack Development
7 296 (21.36%) Mentoring
8 293 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
9 283 (20.42%) Event-Driven
10 275 (19.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 270 (19.48%) Test Automation
12 244 (17.60%) AI
13 220 (15.87%) Infrastructure as Code
14 196 (14.14%) Computer Science
15 167 (12.05%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 166 (11.98%) Clean Code
17 164 (11.83%) Scrum
18 159 (11.47%) Roadmaps
19 157 (11.33%) Technical Leadership
20 151 (10.89%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 455 (32.83%) Java
2 385 (27.78%) Python
3 287 (20.71%) SQL
4 266 (19.19%) JavaScript
5 248 (17.89%) C#
6 217 (15.66%) TypeScript
7 132 (9.52%) Go
8 53 (3.82%) Scala
9 44 (3.17%) C++
10 43 (3.10%) PHP
11 35 (2.53%) Bash
12 34 (2.45%) C
13 30 (2.16%) Ruby
14 22 (1.59%) Kotlin
14 22 (1.59%) PL/SQL
15 17 (1.23%) PowerShell
15 17 (1.23%) Shell Script
16 12 (0.87%) Rust
17 10 (0.72%) Groovy
18 9 (0.65%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 200 (14.43%) Degree
2 127 (9.16%) Security Cleared
3 119 (8.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 89 (6.42%) SC Cleared
5 60 (4.33%) AWS Certification
6 37 (2.67%) Azure Certification
6 37 (2.67%) Master's Degree
7 29 (2.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 29 (2.09%) TOGAF Certification
8 25 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.37%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.15%) AWS Certified Developer
10 16 (1.15%) CISSP
11 11 (0.79%) CISM
12 10 (0.72%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.58%) PhD
14 6 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.43%) ISTQB
14 6 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (6.42%) QA
2 31 (2.24%) GDPR
3 27 (1.95%) Accessibility
4 26 (1.88%) PCI DSS
5 25 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.15%) SOC 2
7 14 (1.01%) NIST
8 11 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.72%) NCSC
10 9 (0.65%) GRC
11 6 (0.43%) IFRS
12 5 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.29%) SLA
13 4 (0.29%) WCAG
14 3 (0.22%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.22%) SEPA
15 1 (0.072%) EMIR
15 1 (0.072%) Solvency II
System Software
1 422 (30.45%) Docker
2 14 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.36%) Firmware
4 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.072%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.072%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 440 (31.75%) Kubernetes
2 261 (18.83%) Terraform
3 92 (6.64%) Grafana
4 81 (5.84%) Ansible
5 39 (2.81%) Prometheus
6 21 (1.52%) Kibana
7 18 (1.30%) Argo
8 11 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.65%) HP Fortify
10 7 (0.51%) Cilium
10 7 (0.51%) Puppet
11 4 (0.29%) Istio
11 4 (0.29%) Packer
11 4 (0.29%) Rancher
12 3 (0.22%) Nagios
13 2 (0.14%) MIIS
13 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 122 (8.80%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.76%) Google
3 51 (3.68%) Oracle
4 45 (3.25%) Typelevel
5 20 (1.44%) OpenAI
6 19 (1.37%) IBM
7 16 (1.15%) Dynatrace
7 16 (1.15%) Red Hat
8 15 (1.08%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.08%) SAP
9 13 (0.94%) AppDynamics
10 12 (0.87%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (0.72%) Cisco
11 10 (0.72%) Splunk
12 9 (0.65%) Atlassian
12 9 (0.65%) Databricks
12 9 (0.65%) Software AG
13 8 (0.58%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.58%) Palo Alto
14 7 (0.51%) Guidewire